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Leclerc keen to avoid Super Formula stopgap season

Ferrari protege Charles Leclerc wants to avoid following Stoffel Vandoorne and Pierre Gasly into Super Formula and hopes to get straight into Formula 1 in 2018. Leclerc is dominating Formula 2 this season, but Vandoorne and Gasly - the previous two champions in what was then called GP2 - both had to wait for an F1 chance after their feeder series titles. They were initially sent to Japan's premier single-seater category by their respective backers McLaren and Red Bull. Asked by Motorsport.com if spending 2018 in Super Formula was an option for him, Leclerc replied: "I'd prefer not to go to Japan, to be honest. "But we'll see what the opportunities are at the end of this year....
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